MERITORIOUSNESS

deservingness, merit, meritoriousness

(noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); “there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

meritoriousness (uncountable)

The property of being meritorious.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

26 November 2024

TRANSPOSITION

(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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